Category Archives: OGOM News

Why May is the Month of the Wolf

Posted on 9th May 2017 by Sam George

May is turning out to be the month of the wolf. Last week saw the news of the first Danish wolf pack in 200 years  and Kaja has reported that revellers at May Day celebrations in the UK witnessed the … Continue reading →

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Ring-a-ring-a Widdershins: It’s Walpurgis Night and Halfway to Hallowe’en!

Posted on 30th April 2017 by Sam George

  It’s Walpurgis Night  (Walpurgisnacht or Valborgsmässoafton),  the night that marks the transition from winter to spring, falling on the eve of the first of May. It’s also halfway to Halloween!! Kaja will like that!  In folk tradition, witches and … Continue reading →

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Gothicise and Supernatural Cities

Posted on 26th April 2017 by Sam George

I’m setting up a permanent link (in the Related Links column on the right) from the site to the art collaborative Gothicise,  which was launched in 2010. Gothicise create site-specific performances that interrogate the relationship between site and narrative including the 2015 … Continue reading →

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Reading Lists

Posted on 23rd April 2017 by William the Bloody

From a few responses by you (that is, visitors to the site), I thought it might be a good idea to provide reading lists for books we at OGOM recommend–for example, the best vampire or dark fairy YA novels, or … Continue reading →

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Do Witches Steal Egg Shells: The Curious Origins of the Easter Bunny and the First Hot X Bun

Posted on 14th April 2017 by Sam George

My childhood Easters always revolved around ‘egg rolling’ which would take place before Easter breakfast and would be signalled by a loud announcement that it was ‘egg rolling time’. The eggs were hard boiled and decorated the night before with … Continue reading →

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10K Shares for OGOM Wolves and Werewolves Research!!

Posted on 30th March 2017 by Sam George

The university press office have confirmed that we have had a remarkable 10,000 shares for coverage of our Company of Wolves project in The Independent.  This is an astounding testimony to the impact of our wolfish research and is excellent news … Continue reading →

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Harry Potter: Magic and Herbology at the British Library

Posted on 29th January 2017 by Sam George

Harry Potter: A History of Magic, British Library  20 October 2017 – 28 February 2018 Libraries can be very magical places so it is fitting that the British Library are to host a stellar exhibition on Harry Potter this year. For … Continue reading →

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Is the End of Time in Sight for Doctor Who?

Posted on 5th January 2017 by Sam George

It has been a while since Doctor Who featured on the site, though I remember posting an All Sorts of Scary (pun intended) story on the  Kandy Man and the unlikely rise of gothic sweets some time ago!! Dr Ivan Phillips, … Continue reading →

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50 Words for Snow

Posted on 2nd January 2017 by Sam George

You might have noticed that we have a snow theme on our site just now and it was almost snowing in St Albans on my walk today: The novelist Marcus Sedgwick is no stranger to OGOM, some of you will have … Continue reading →

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Beasts of the Forest: Denizens of the Dark Woods

Posted on 2nd January 2017 by Sam George

One of the emails I received over the holiday period was an invitation to be a plenary speaker at an interdisciplinary symposium at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, which will explore the representation of forests and their more sinister inhabitants … Continue reading →

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